ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLVIII, No. 34 dated 22nd June, 2017 SIGNED this 16th day ofJune, 2017. DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, President. No. 2 2017 Sierra Leone The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017. Short title. Being an Act to amend the Local Government Act, 2004, to provide for the addition of new Districts created under the Provinces (Administrative Division) Order, 2017 and other related mJtters. ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled . • I 2 No. 2 Local Government (Amendmen~ Act 2017 Amendment t. The First Schedule to the Local Government Act 2004 is of First Schedule of Act No.I of amended- 2004. (a) in Part I - (0 in paragraph A by inserting - "Falaba District" immediately after "Kenema District''; "Karene District" immediately after J(oinadugu District- (iI) in paragraph B by inserting immediately after "Freetown City" the following new cities- Bo City; Bonthe City; Kenema City; Koidu-New SembehW1 City; Makeni City; Port Loko City. (b) in Part II by repealing and replacing that part with the following new p::i.rt - . ' No. 2 Local Government (Amendment) Act 2017 3 PARTII The number of Paramount Chiefs in each Local Council shall be as follows- COUNCIL NUMBER OF PARAMOUNT CHIEFS 1. Bo District Council Three 2. Bombali District Council Two 3. Bonthe District Council Two 4. Kailahun District Council Three 5. Kambia District CoWlcil Two 6. Kenema District Council Three 7. Falaba District Council Two 8. Koinadugu District Council Two 9. Karene District Council Two 10. Kono District Council Three 11. Moyamba District Council Three 12. Port Loko District Council Two 13. Pujehun District Council Three 14. Tonkolili District Council Three 15. Western Rural District Council None 1< L"'u c ity Council One . ' 4 No. 2 Local Government (Amendment) Act 2017 COUNCIL NUMBER OFPARAMOUNT CHIEFS 17. Boothe City Council None 18. Kenema City Council One 19. Koidu/ New Sembehwi City Council Two 20. Makeni City Council One 21. Port Loko City Council Two 22. Freetown City Council None Passed in Parliament this 30th day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand and Seventeen. IBRAHIM S. SESAY, Clerk of Parliament. Ti-us PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed ParI iament and found by me to be a true and correct printed copy ofthe said Bill. IBRAHIM S. SESAY, Clerk of Parliament. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY TI-IE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. GAZETTE No. 34 OF 22ND J UNE, 2017. ' .